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Conophrys pusilla

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae

Taxonomy
Shumardia pusilla was named by Sars (1835).

It was recombined as Shumardia (Conophrys) pusilla by Hoel (1999); it was recombined as Conophrys pusilla by Tortello and Esteban (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Shumardia pusilla Sars
1926Shumardia pusilla Stubblefield
1999Shumardia (Conophrys) pusilla Hoel p. 267
2014Conophrys pusilla Tortello and Esteban pp. 931 - 932 fig. 3.6–3.9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyShumardiidaeLake 1907
genusConophrysCallaway 1877
speciespusilla(Sars 1835)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Conophrys pusilla Sars 1835
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:33:59
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:33:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Varangu or 485.40000 to 484.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7France (Montagne Noire) Shumardia pusilla (76572)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Norway (Ovre Oren) Shumardia pusilla (75288)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Norway (Oslo) Shumardia pusilla (3183 167677 167678)
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6United Kingdom (England) Shumardia pusilla (3710)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) Conophrys pusilla (208319 208327 208330)